BREAKING: Ecuador's president to Obama.: Don't threaten us on Snowden case. Balls developing....

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Defiant authorities in Ecuador say they won't bow to U.S. pressure as they weigh former NSA contractor Edward Snowden's request for asylum.

Ecuador's president and other top officials said Thursday that they're turning down the trade benefits the United States gives them as part of the Andean Trade Promotion and Drug Eradication Act.

"It is outrageous to try to delegitimize a state for receiving a petition of asylum," Correa said.